directed writing assignment
1. Present and critique the definitions for “class” given in the video?
2. What was the role of advertising in redefining the American dream?
3. This film is now 15 years old. Do you think the division between classes, for example the elite class and the working class, has grown or shrunk in that time? Please give examples to support your position.
4. In North American culture, people profess to believe in the notion of the value of hard work and ultimately working your way up in society. Yet it also seems that the “working class” are seen as failures. How would you explain this contradiction and what do you think about it?
Directed Writing Assignment #1
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
For this assignment, you need to view the film Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working. You can also watch it here:
https://ufvca.kanopy.com/video/class-dismissed-0
1. Present and critique the definitions for “class” given in the video?
2. What was the role of advertising in redefining the American dream?
3. This film is now 15 years old. Do you think the division between classes, for example the elite class and the working class, has grown or shrunk in that time? Please give examples to support your position.
4. In North American culture, people profess to believe in the notion of the value of hard work and ultimately working your way up in society. Yet it also seems that the “working class” are seen as failures. How would you explain this contradiction and what do you think about it?
Directed Writing Assignment #1
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
For this assignment, you need to view the film
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working
.
You can also watch it here:
https://ufvca.kanopy.com/video/class
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dismissed
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1.
Present and critique
the definitions for
“
class
” given in the video
?
2.
What was
the role of advertising in redefining the American dream?
3.
This film is now 15 years old. Do you think the division between classes, for example the
elite class and the working class, has grown or shrunk in that time? Please give examples
to support
your position.
4.
In North American culture, people profess to believe in the notion of the value of hard
work and ultimately working your way up in society. Yet it also seems that the “working
class” are seen as failures. How would you explain this
contradiction and what do you
think about it?
Directed Writing Assignment #1
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
For this assignment, you need to view the film Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working.
You can also watch it here: https://ufvca.kanopy.com/video/class-dismissed-0
1. Present and critique the definitions for “class” given in the video?
2. What was the role of advertising in redefining the American dream?
3. This film is now 15 years old. Do you think the division between classes, for example the
elite class and the working class, has grown or shrunk in that time? Please give examples
to support your position.
4. In North American culture, people profess to believe in the notion of the value of hard
work and ultimately working your way up in society. Yet it also seems that the “working
class” are seen as failures. How would you explain this contradiction and what do you
think about it?